BlockPond, Illinois
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Bloomfield precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62995. The Survey maps it on the Bloomfield quadrangle. It stands 528 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 20 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1918 USGS Vienna quadrangle1:62500
- 1919 USGS Vienna quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Vienna quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Bloomfield quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1996 USGS Bloomfield quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
16 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Pond between 1996 and 2018, burning about 51 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | DUTCHMAN |
| 28 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | BOTTOMS |
| 9 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 13022 |
| 7 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 13014 |
| 5 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 9.2 acres | Shawnee National Forest | SIMPSON FIRE |
| 25 April 1996 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Shawnee National Forest | COPPERHEAD |
| 5 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 1708 |
| 30 March 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Shawnee National Forest | SIMPSON ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Pond: 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caseyville Sandstone Deposit 2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Johnson Cty Hwy Dept Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Vienna City Eng Pit | Stone | Past Producer |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomfield | 2.3 miles | 20 | |
| Cross Roads (historical) | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Stringtown (historical) | 3.7 miles | 20 | |
| Vienna | 4.0 miles | 20 | |
| Wartrace | 4.3 miles | 20 | |
| Simpson | 4.4 miles | 20 | |
| Sandburn | 4.5 miles | 19 | |
| Tunnel Hill | 5.4 miles | 19 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Pond | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q54888505 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1815888. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.